Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-20

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Neg Yerk hss not attained the unique
distinetIon reesnfIy boosted By Paris Of
maintaining 4 beQgar factofy for main
them obieets Of pity. Neither has Il yet
reached 40 10 London In the possession
Of necessary stores" wherein every
earthly thinR IN use By man IL kept on
sale. Bat, after all, New York b bia
enough 70 supply many ingenious per
sons With very curious occupations. The
suhens Of cur ~eisan towel sompsny,"
newly started for supplying business
ofioes With clean towels and soap, Ne
ought rot 70 boast Of, einoe ne borrowed
their netion from Chicago. We are
alone, however, in patiently permitting
an sndacious Teuton, near Chatham
/ square, TO keep hand organs IN mischief
/ by repairing them. BE assumes 70 re-
pIenish them with new tunes, but, Of
/ course, that 10 fiction; for no hand or
gan vas ever heard 70 play any bat
/ baIdheaded and middls-aQsd music.
New York maintains, also. 1T least one
l establishment for fitting little children
| for the stage and ballet. The accom-
plished woman In charge Of this used,
/ uhether she still does OF not, 10 certify
/ 70 the beauty Of the UNDERSTANDINGS"
/ 90 70 speak, Of females Who applied for
9 chance 70 sxhibit themselves in thea
tiers where Spectacular pieces vere TO be
| presented.
Two courageous New Ysrkers follow
/ the useful bat uRpoetio busisess Of
/ hanging their felIoW citizens. They are
Il -. - 49, - H. Va~ka~m
bat ara easily persuaded to hang men
elsewhere throughout the Union. IL II
always pretended that No one knows
their names, and that emily the Sheriff
/ Of the county has their addresses. One
10 9 Hebrew, dubbed "Isaaes." and the
other Il q German, called "Aenzes-
heimsE," bat the city always lungs
them both under the one name Of
Joseph b. Atkinson, and under that
name they draw their pay. They RIG the
Rallows and finally cut the Tope. One
other sanguinary citizen. on Twenty
third street, swings shinRle declaring
him TO be the Destroyer OF Moths"
fsuF prosperous citizens earn their
/ livelihood as doctors for the lapdoRs Of
rich women. As q rule, the only medi-
cine they use is starvation. They ding
the dear pets into barred boxes and de-
prive them Of food for four days. having
found out that the usual trouble With
pet dogs Is that they are fed extFaya-
eantly and improperly. Just east Of the
BoweFy, In tenement house. resides q
man whose business IL IL 70 rent him
self and his Punch and judy show to
children's parties In the brown stone
vaFds. A person OF the Bowery keeps
sir or eight girls busy framing vreaihs
and pictures Of tombstones wherein are
set forth the virtues Of deceased New
Workers. He follows where the death
notices In the papers lead him, and
works upon the feelings Of the grief
strieken familiea. A rich Italian enl
ploys q horde Of his oourtrymen TO
trim or balance the load q ION the scOws
% our street sweeping department.
These trimmeFs save for him ell the
rags. fat, bone, metal and other con
vertible refuse dung into the house
holders ashbaFrels. Another man Is
making fortune by carrying Oh al
the waste and refuse the city will not
remove. such as builders' leayinRs, dirt
from cellar digginRs, and % on. The
bailders pay him 10 take Il, and then he
sells u tn the suburbs for filing IN
sunken lands.
Oaly one man in town prstsnds TO
keep photographs Of ell The notable
people IN the world. There 10 NOS room
tor two IN the business. Another eiti-
zen sells 10 public men and corpora
lions clippings from all the newspapers
thAa mention them at Eve cents clip
pine. added 10 q Subscription fee each
year. Yet another citizen hunts up
coats Of arms and pedigrees for all who
think theirs have been overlooked, or
that they may get them from families
OF The same-oF nearly the same
names &c their own. this Il quite EGG.
lish, and therefoFa popular. IL il said
that The carriage makers are giving
away coats Of arms like chromos.
Lawyer Ed Price, the ex-pogiiiss, has .
monopoly ~ the attorney for the Chi-
nese. The laundFymen viii sssk him
when In trouble. and always pay him in
silver dollars The trade Of paintine
black eyes With mixture Of SIX parts
white paint and one part red nov
boasts several establishments. ID a
not popalArisinR the black eye. because
u oDly covers np The scandal without
renewing the reoollectien Of The socom-
psnyine licking"
wv WV AttANA 80 No14t4 MAk1oCtl
a0oat all She unclaimed estates In
ChFissendom. and thus prefits By q
weakness more general than most folks
imagine. Another New Yorker searches
the streets AZ night With q lantern fer
coins and parses dropped idnFing tbe
eveninR. A voman near the City Hall
takes care Of the babies whose widowed
mothers have 20 50 out 20 Work, and
whs ehsck thsm, like umbrellas, IN the
morning and call for them in tbs even
ina. Many women In the Esst-side
tenemenfs take care Of a baby OF two
tos their neiekboss, has this downtown
one Is think, the only regular baby
safe deposit company oF storage ware
bose IN town. TAere 10 no matrimonial
agency er husbands exchange nswsps-
per here iust now. There have been
many, eat ell have failed Thai scheme
b aet % pre6sable - thai Of q man |
NET The other day, who told ne be /
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